LINCOLN BEACH — Early Saturday morning, several Lincoln Beach residents awoke to find a seawall on Lincoln Avenue had collapsed from erosion, dozens of its 35-foot tall concrete pilings breaking free and tumbling onto the beach below by Monday afternoon.

PORTLAND — Federal energy regulators have given Oregon State University initial approval for a groundbreaking wave energy testing facility off the coast.

In this special series for Jefferson Public Radio, reporter Kate Kaye takes us to Oregon’s rocky shores — visiting with volunteers monitoring black oystercatchers, researchers surveying gray whales and kelp, a South Coast ecotour guide, a North Coast crabber and more — to illuminate the challenges affecting rocky intertidal habitats, how new policy proposals seek to address them and what they could mean for Oregonians.

Research permit granted to Oregon State University